BEIJING, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers are mulling making December 13 as a national memorial day to commemorate those killed by Japanese aggressors during the Nanjing Massacre in the 1930s, the national legislature announced Tuesday.

The draft decision will be discussed at the bi-monthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress which runs from Tuesday through Thursday.

Japanese troops started the massacre in Nanjing on Dec. 13, 1937, killing more than 300,000 people in the following 40-odd days.

BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- After a director of Japanese public broadcaster NHK attempted to deny the Nanjing Massacre earlier this week, historians have said that the facts are undeniable.

Naoki Hyakuta, one of NHK's governors, said in a speech that the Nanjing massacre never happened, just a few days after the NHK's new chief comments about "comfort women", which sparked widespread anger. Full story